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Help Greet Families for Preschool Graduations

45-minute Shifts AvailableMonday or TuesdayMay 19 or 20Sanctuary building Here’s a fun opportunity to serve our weekday preschool families as they come to celebrate their child’s graduation! You’ll welcome families to the event, hand out programs, and direct people to the sanctuary, restrooms, etc. We always want to be strengthening our good connection between the church and the weekday preschool, and this is one way to do that! Sign up for a shift on Monday or Tuesday, May 19 or…
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The Lens of Progressivism

May 7, 2025A Note from Pastor April Dear Friends, In last week’s Letter of Encouragement, Pastor Jon shared a bit about how the lens of fundamentalism shaped his story. Sunday, he shared more about this lens that has influenced so much of modern Christian practice. Fundamentalism arose largely as a push back to society’s shifting views toward science and evolution. Interestingly, progressive Christians also had concerns about the growing emphasis on reason and the ways some thinkers in the early…
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The Lens of Fundamentalism

April 30, 2025A Note from Pastor Jon Dear Friends, When the Letter Becomes Stone:A Reflection on the Rise of Theological Fundamentalism Before I ever studied hermeneutics or learned to pronounce it, I had already been shaped by a singular lens of interpretation — one that read the Bible as both map and rulebook, absolute and unchanging. I grew up in Hopewell, Virginia, just down the road from prominent faith leaders and communities deeply connected to the rise of fundamentalist Christianity.…
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Preschool Celebrations

April 24, 2025A Note from Katie Williams Dear HUMC Community, As we look forward to our Preschool Sunday celebrations this Sunday, we are filled with gratitude for the incredible growth and blessings that have unfolded this year within our preschool program. This year has been a season of great joy and exciting developments, and we want to share some of those milestones with you, our faithful congregation, who have supported this ministry so generously. Celebrating our wonderful teachers & staff…

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Celebration Sunday Worship & Picnic

  • 10:00 am
One Service Only 10am outside(parking lot)Picnic to follow (please sign up to let us know you’re coming) We’ll celebrate our high school, college, and professional and technical school graduates! We’ll celebrate our children and students and welcome them to Youth Group, Faith Finders, or Faith Kids, and we’ll give Bibles to rising third graders. It’s a great morning of outdoor worship in the parking lot. Seeking Info about your Kids – to celebrate! Please fill out the appropriate form(s) here…
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Youth Group

  • 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us for fun, a time of worship, and other cool, meaningful stuff. We’ll start with a light meal / heavy snacks, which parents are invited to sign up to provide. We meet during the school year, and we’ll be outside in the Warehouse 839 parking lot or in the youth room inside the Warehouse 839 building. Staff Contact April Andrick, Director of Youth Ministryhumc_youth@yahoo.com614.876.2403 (church office)
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RIPPLES 55+ Meal

  • 1:00 pm
All persons aged 55+ are invited to a midday meal on Monday, May 19, 1pm, at Sukora (Westpoint Plaza, Hilliard). RIPPLES = Retired Independent Persons Praising, Laughing, Eating, & Socializing! RSVP to Louann Liming or Miriam Chever (contact church office for their contact info, 614.876.2403, info@hilliardumc.org).
2nd Second Monday Men's Group Pastor Jon

3rd Monday Men’s Group

  • 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join Pastor Jon for a no-commitment, no-agenda time of just being together in the shared presence of the Holy Spirit to fellowship, to share, to grow in faith, and to unlearn together. Let’s gather and share what life is like for us, and together let’s encourage one another.

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